This readme contains the latest information regarding the installation and
use of this service pack. It is strongly recommended that you read this entire
document before you apply this service pack to your product. AutoCAD Civil 3D 2012 Service Pack 1 contains the fixes included in AutoCAD 2012 Service Pack 1 and AutoCAD Map 3D 2012 Service Pack 1. Because AutoCAD Civil 3D is built on AutoCAD® and AutoCAD® Map 3D, it is recommended that you also review the AutoCAD and AutoCAD Map 3D readme files at the following locations. For reference,
you should save these documents to your hard drive or print a copy.

Information for Windows Vista and Windows 7 Users

It is recommended that you right click the installer and select "Run as Administrator" while installing the service pack. When you are installing this service pack a prompt with options to "Automatically close applications and attempt to restart them after setup is complete" or "Ignore" may be displayed. It is recommended that you do not click the "Automatically close applications and attempt to restart them after setup is complete" option. Instead, click "Ignore" at the prompt. It is also recommended that you reboot your system after installing the service pack.

General Installation Information

As you prepare to install this service pack, keep the following in mind:

Back Up Custom Files

It is recommended that you back up all custom CUIX, MNR, and MNL files before you apply this service pack.

Administrative Privileges

During installation, you will be
prompted for the original installation media or a network image. In order to apply this service pack, you must have
administrative privileges to install and uninstall products.

Network Deployment

Administrators can deploy this service pack
over a network using the Deployment Wizard.

About Your Product

After you install, product information displays in the About dialog box.

Reboot

After you install, it is recommended to reboot your system even if not prompted.

You can use InfoCenter to apply this service pack through your
local network. Detailed instructions on how to set up patching through your
local network are listed in the InfoCenter Tab topic in the CAD Manager
Control Utility Help.

Note: You can install the CAD Manager Control Utility from the
product installation media. Select Install Tools and Utilities and then select Autodesk CAD Manager Tools.

The following method of distributing AutoCAD Civil 3D 2012 Service Pack 1 applies only to administrative images created with the AutoCAD Civil 3D 2012 Network Installation wizard. After you complete this procedure, any new deployments of AutoCAD Civil 3D 2012 will have the update applied to them automatically.